A woman with outstanding beauty and acting talent, a Hollywood star, Clark Gable's wife, Carol Lombard, lived a very short but bright life. Her life was tragically cut short at 33, but she was rightfully included in the "List of 100 Greatest Movie Stars" and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Carol Lombard (October 6, 1908 - January 16, 1942) was of German ancestry on her father and English on her mother. Her real name: Jane Alice Peters.
Carol Lombard began acting in films at the age of 12. Her career has developed rapidly. She won recognition, received an Oscar nomination, but at the age of 18 she got into a terrible car accident in which she injured the left side of her face. She was given fourteen stitches, however, the scars on her face still remained.
In those days, Hollywood was ruled by film studios, which signed contracts with actors and decided their fate in the cinema themselves. Fox immediately terminated the contract with Carol Lombard after learning that the actress's appearance was damaged. However, the girl did not give up and decided on serious plastic surgery.
It used to be believed that anesthesia makes the recovery process after surgery longer and prevents tissue healing, so Carol Lombard decided to undergo plastic surgery without anesthesia.
Carol Lombard did not give up and returned to the cinema, having signed a contract with another film company.
With Clark Gable - the Hollywood star of the first magnitude of the time, Carol Lombard met on the set of the film "Not Her Man". At that time, both actors were married and immediately did not like each other, however, several months of working together turned their lives upside down.
Carol Lombard and Clark Gable dated for about five years. Both actors had a good sense of humor. They removed tension in relationships with the help of jokes and anecdotes. They weren't afraid to sound funny. It is known that Clark Gable was extremely loving, and Carol Lombard was terribly jealous. A stormy showdown was constantly taking place between them. Once Lombard burst onto the set in a rage, learning that Gable's partner in the film had views on him, and delivered an ultimatum to the director: "If you don't remove her from your film, then I will remove Gable from him."
The official marriage of Carol Lombard and Clark Gable took place during his filming in the legendary film "Gone with the Wind." The newlyweds moved to a restored home in the countryside (Encino, California).
The couple tried to have a baby, but the long-awaited pregnancy ended in miscarriage.
During World War II, Carol Lombard toured the United States advertising war bonds. In 1942, she used all her natural charm to be allowed to stay on board. The passengers on this fateful flight were dropped off to accommodate military personnel. She stayed on the plane with her mother and secretary, however, immediately after taking off from Las Vegas, the plane was unable to gain altitude and crashed into Table Rock. It was a terrible plane crash: the plane fell in two, and the front section, where Carol Lombard was sitting, was practically flattened.
No one survived this plane crash.
After the death of his wife, Clark Gable lost a lot of weight, went into a binge, and then went to war, where he rose to the rank of major.
